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M. r. 

All That Glitters is Not Gold, 

2acts,2hrs 6 3 

Arabian Nights, 3 acts, 2y% hrs. 

30min 4 5 

Aunt Dinah's Pledge, temper- 
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Beggar Venus, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 30 

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Black Heifer, 3 acts, 2 hrs. (25c) 9 3 
Bonnybell, operetta, 1 hr.(25c) 2 5 

Castfe, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 30 min 6 3 

Chas. O'Malley'sAunt, 50 min- 

(25c) 5 8 

Chimney Corner, 2 acts, 1 hr. 

30 min 5 2 

^Consort of Heroines, 3 scenes, 

35min 016 

Cricket on the Hearth, 3 acts, 

Ihr. 45min 7 8 

Danger Signal, 2 acts, 2 hrs. . . . 7 4 
Down in Dixie, 4 acts, 2 hrs. 

30min (25c) 8 4 

Early Vows, 2 acts, 1 hr. (25c) 4 2 

Bast Lynne, 5 acts, 2 hrs 8 7 

Elma, The Fairy Child, 1 hr. 

45 min., operetta (25c) 6 8 

Engaged Girl, 3 acts, 30 min.. 2 7 

Eulalia, 1 hr. 80 min (25c) 3 6 

From Sumter to Appomattox, 

4 acts, 2 hrs. 30 min. . (25c) 6 2 
Fruits of the Wine Qup, tem- 
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Handy Andy, Irish. 2 acts, 1 hr. 

30min 8 3 

Home, 3 acts, 2 hrs 4 3 

Indiana Man, 4 acts, 2 hrs. (25c) 6 4 
Iron Hand, 4 acts, 2 hrs. . . (25c) 6 4 
It's All in the Pay Streak, 3 acts. 

Ihr. 45 min (25c) 4 3 

Jedediah Judkins, J. P., 4 acts, 

2 hr. 30 min i25c) 7 5 

Lady of Lyons, 5 acts, 2 hrs. 30 

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Let Lore But Hold the Key, 

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Little Buckshot, 3 acts, 2H hM. 

15min (25c) 7 4 

London Assurance, 5 acts, 2 hrs. 

30 min 9 3 

Losi in London, 3 acts, 1 hr. 45 

npu 6 3 

Louva, the Pauper, 5 acts, 1 hr. 

45 min 9 4 

Man from Borneo, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 

(25c)... 5 2 

Michael Erie, 2 acts, 1 hr. 30 m. 8 3 
Miriam's Crime, 3 acts, 2 hrs. . . 6 2 
Mitsu-Yu-Nissi, Japanese Wed- 
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Money, 5 acts, 3 hrs 9 3 

My Wife's Relations, 1 hr 4 6 

New Woman, ;j acts, 1 hr 3 6 



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Not a Man in the House, 2 acts, 

45 min 6 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, 3 

acts, 2 hrs 6 8 

Odds with the Enemy, 4 acts, 1 

hr. 45 m 7 4 

Only Daughter (An), 3 acts, 1 

hr. 15 min 5 2 

On the Brink, temperance, 2 

acts, 2 hrs 12 3 

Our Boys, 3 acts, 2 hrs 6 4 

Our Country, 3 acts, 1 hr 10 3 

Ours, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 30 min 6 3 

Out in the Streets, temperance, 

1 hr. 15min 6 4 

Pet of Parson's Ranch, 5 acts, 

2 hrs 9 3 

Pocahontas, musical burlesque, 

2 acts, 1 hr 10 2 

School Ma'am (The), 4 acts, 1 

hr. 45 min 6 5 

Scrap of Paper, 3 acts, 2 hrs 6 6 

Sea Drift, 4 acts, 2 hrs 6 2 

Seth Greenback, 4 acts, 1 hr. 

15 min 7 3 

Snowball, 3 acts, 2 hrs 4,3 

Soldier of Fortune, 5 acts, 2 

hrs. 20 min 8 3 

Solon Shingle, 1 hr. 30 min 7 2 

Sparkling Cup, temperance, 5 

acts, 2 hrs 12 4 

Sweethearts, 2 acts, 35 min 2 2 

Ten Nights in a Barroom, tem- 
perance. 5 acts, 2 hrs 7 4 

Those Dreadful Twins, 3 acts, 

2hrs (25c) 6 4 

Ticket of Leave Man, 4 acts, 2 

hrs. 45 min 8 3 

Tony, the Convict, 5 acts, 2 hrs. 

30 min (25c) 7 4 

Toodles, 2 acts, 1 hr. 15 min. .. 6 2 
Topp'sTwins, 4acts,2hrs.(25c) 6 4 
Uncle Josh, 4 acts, 2 hrs. 15 

min (25c) 8 3 

Under the Laurels, 5 acts, 1 hr. 

45 min 6 4 

Under the Spell, 4 acts, 2 hrs. 

30min (35c) 7 3 

Wedding Trip (The), 2 acts, 1 

hr 3 2 

Won at Last, 3 adls, 1 hr. 45 

min 7 3 

Yaokee Detective, 3 acts, 2 hrs. 8 3 



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A SUNNY SON OF ITALY 



AN ITALIAN MONOLOGUE 



HARRY L. fTEWTON 

AUTHOR OF 

'Breakfast Food for Two," "A Bundle of Bimit Cork Comedy^^^ 

"A Cold Finish;' ''Doings of a Dude," ^ A Dutch Cocktail, 

"Fresh Timofiiy Flay," "The Heiress of Hoetown, Glickman 

the Gla:;ier,"'"Hey, Rube!" "Javville Junction, Marriage 

and After," "Mr. and Mrs. Fido," "One Szceetheart for 

Two," "Oshkosh Next Week," "O'Tooles Battle of 

Ante-Up," "Pickles for Tzvo," "I he Pooh Bah of 

Peacetown," ''Si and I," "A Special Sale, A 

Tramp With a Tramp," "The Troubles 

of Rocinski," "Two Jay Detectives," 

"Uncle Bill at the Vaudeville," 

and "Words to the Wise" 



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CHARACTER. ^ 

Tony Macaroni VVhat-a You Knozv About Dat, Eh? 



Time — About Fifteen Minutes. 



COSTUME. 

Rough sack suit, trousers rather short ; large shoes ; blue 
shirt ; red bandanna handkerchief tied around neck ; black 
slouch hat; brass rings in ears (can be obtained at any 
hardware store; cut ring open and fasten over ear) ; black 
wig; small black mustache or smooth shaven; make-up face 
dark. 



COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY T. S. DENISON. 



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A SUNNY SO]^ OF ITALY, 



Tony Macaroni. Ah, I have-a much-a de troub all de 
time. Dis-a country no much-a de good for Italiano man. 
Dis United States good for Germans, Jews and de Irish 
mans. German mans he make-a all de beer ; Jew mans he 
make-a all de money and de Irish mans he make-a all de 
politicians and hold all de soft-a snap jobs. 

Who dis-a America country belong to, eh? He belong 
to Italiano man. But he no got it. Christo Columbo he found 
it. Now who got it ? I tell-a you. When Columbo he came 
here de Indians owned all de land. Den purty soon de Dutch 
he came along and took it away from de Indians. Den 
purty soon again de Puritans come along and took all de 
land from de Dutch. Den purty soon after awhile de Jews 
come along and dey swipe-a de whole business and dey 
still got it. 

What-a you know about dat, eh ? 

A man he ask-a me what-a was de three greatest races 
in dis-a country today. I say to him: Irish, Jews and 
Italiano. He say: "No, sir." He say dat de three greatest 
races are de American Derby, de Oakland Sweepstakes 
and de Brooklyn Handicap. 

What-a you know about dat, eh? 

Den he say to me if I know Americano history. I say to 
him yes ; Christo Columbus he discovered America. He 
laugh, ha, ha ! and say : "Aw, go on ! How could-a he help 
discover America? America was-a here waiting to be dis- 
covered." I say maybe so, I think she was. 

What-a you know about dat, eh? 

Dis-a country much-a different from It. Dis-a country 
when a man gets a job in a bank, he has to pass de examin- 

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4 A SUNNY SON OF ITALY. 

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ish. It is a mistake to examinish him while he is working 
in a bank, for after de bank goes bust it is too late. 

Dis-a country have-a much a charity feeling for every- 
body. If a man is hungry he can go to some millionaire 
and get a library to read, if he has money enough to pay for 
a building. If a man he starves to death de city will bury 
him for nothing. 

My brud he much-a good stone cutter until panic come, 
den he become unemployed by a fire from his boss. My 
brud he would-a been much-a glad to cut-a de stone, but 
was not required by wages -to still do, thank you ! Bime-by 
he begin to enjoy much-a hungry feeling in de stomach 
and he walk twenty-one, twenty-two miles every day look- 
ing for work, but he no can find no work. One-a day my 
brud he saw a beautiful much-a sign on a much-a de beau- 
tiful building. It say : ''Bureau of Organized Charities." 
"Ah !" my brud say, ''dat listens much-a good to me. I 
shall-a go in and get-a some kind charity." 

My brud he go in de grand building, and he see beautiful 
Italiano marble everywhere much. He saw also a Irishman 
in blue uniform, who say to my brud. 

"Your name, please, if-a you have it with-a you !" 

My brud he tell his "name and de blue man say to him: 
"What are suffering from, please?" 

My brud say: "I am enjoying much hunger." 

"What-a degree of hunger?" asked de blue man. 

"Thirty-third degree," say my brud, who was-a much 
sure of it. Den de man say: "Have you a doctor's certifi- 
cate to prove-a dat you are in dat condition of state of 
hunger ?" 

"No," my brud say, "I no-a get de certificate." 

"Den go and get it," de Irishman say. "Come back two 
weeks from next Thursday with a doctor's certificate to 
make-a prove dat you are still hungry and always have-a 
been ; also references from two, three banks and four clubs 
dat you are a financially responsible, and den I shall-a see 
what-a I can do for-a you." 

Den my brud go out, still with-a his stomach-a making 
de much-a de holler. He think den he shall join de Bank 



A SUNNY SON OF ITALY. 5 

Burglar's Union and break in a bank — but what-a could 
he find in a bank nowadays if he did? {Recitation.) 

HOW COLUMBUS DISCOVERED AMERICA. 

Christo Columbo he a vera great-a man, 

He grinds de hand organ and he sell de bum banan ; 

Till von-a day America it came up to Chris, 

And America say : "Discover me, oh please do-a this !" 

So Columbo he make-a up his-a mind, and so he say, say he : 

"I tink dere is a country way out West and I will go to sea." 

So he go to Ferdinanda de King of Spain and say : 

*'I want a thousand dollar and I want it right away." 

But Ferdinanda he was-a broke, and he feel-a vera blue. 

So he say : ''Why should I give-a all my good-a coin to 

you ?" 
Columbo say : 'T am a discoverer and discover things for 

fun," 
Ferdinanda say : ''If you are a discoverer, go and discover de 

mon." 
So Columbo bought a dark lantern and his-a mask all right, 
And got a gun and sneaked in de palace dat-a night; 
With his lantern and his-a mask he felt right in de push, 
He sneaked all over de palace to try and discover some cush. 
Before he knew where he was at he found himself in de 

room 
Of Isabella de Queen of Spain, he thought he met his doom. 
De Oueen woke up and say to him : "What-a you do-a 

^ here?" 
Columbo he was-a white in the face from trembling with-a 

de fear. 
Columbo say: "I am looking for-a de thousand dollar and 

I'm a crook." 
Isabella say : "Give-a me de lamp and I will help you-a 

look." 
Dey don't find nothing in de palace, not a single cent. 
De palace was on de bum and Ferd could no pay-a de rent ; 
But Isabelle was-a one peach and, Chris, she say to him: 
"You shall-a discover America if you have-a to swim." 



6 A SUNNY SON OF ITALY. 

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She went into her room and her jewel box she unlock, 
But cle jewel box was empty and dere was no jewels to 

hock ; 
De crown of King it was in soak, so was her crown, dat's 

de truth, 
So to dig up de coin for Chris she hocked de crown of her 

tooth. 
So Columbo got upon de sea and went to America land, 
And he named it after his uncle /\mericus, who ran a 

banana stand. 
When de Indians see brave Columbo dey dance with much-a 

glad, 
Dey say: "Thank-a heaven, we are discovered, no more we 

will be sad." 
Den dey grabbed dere tomahawks and grabbed poor Co- 
lumbus, too, 
And dey shake dere tomahawks in de air and Chris was 

much-a blue ; 
Dey grabbed Chris by de hair you see and den dey scalped 

him wicked, 
He didn't pay full fare back to Spain — he went on a 

''scalper's ticket." 

De bankers say : "Come to us and give us your money." 

And de peoples say : "We will," and dey do. 

I put-a de five hundred dollar in a bank. De bank man 
he hand-a me a five-a de cent book. I say to him : "What 
is-a dis a book?" He say to me: "Dat book is a one fine 
idea. Dat is to tell how much money you have-a de lost 
when de bank busts." 

What-a you know about dat, eh? 

De Democrats say de Republicans are thieves, and de 
Republicans say de Democrats are thieves. And dey are 
both right. 

I been-a married one a year two a year. One day a man 
he asked me if I have anything running around de house 
to show I have been married one-a year, two a year. I say 
to him dere is nothing running around de house but a picket 
fence. 



A SUNNY SON OF ITALY. 7 

What-a you know about dat, eh? 

But one-a day de stork he came and leave-a de babe. His 
mother and me are much-a de glad. One-a day he is one 
year old and I say to his mother: "What-a business shall 
de little babe be in when he grows up big like ?" She say : 
"I don't know." So we try what-a you call de experiment. 
We put-a de babe in de room and give-a him a bible, a 
silver dollar and a nice de banan. I say if he plays with 
de bible we will make-a him de minister ; if he plays with 
de dollar we will make-a him a de banker, and if he plays 
with de nice banan he will be like his father a peddler. 

We shut-a de door and leave-a de babe with the bible, 
de silver dollar and de nice banan. Bime-by we open de 
door to see what de babe he is doing — and what you tink, 
eh? De babe he is sitting on de bible and he has de dollar 
in one hand and with his other hand he is feeding his face 
with de nice banan. My wife she say to me : ''What-a shall 
we make out of de babe now?" 

I say : "Dere is only de wan-a ting to make out of him. 
He will be a politician." Which is-a much-a plenty, eh? 

Dis country is what you call de patrioc. In de last war 
de volunteers were called for and thousands of men stood-a 
in de streets anxious to hold-up dis-a country's honor. Now 
in times of peace tink of de thousands dat stand in de streets 
at night waiting to hold-up de citizens. 

What-a you know about dat, eh? 

In dat place you call-a Washington, D. C, dere is a place 
where dey take all de old money and burn it up. Dat is-a de 
no much-a nice way to do with money. If dat money is 
too old and dirty for the politicians to handle, why don't 
dey give you and me a chance at it? Let us have a little 
money to burn. 

One-a day one man who run fast for President, but not-a 
fast quite a-plenty enough, he called on de President at de 
White House and he say to de President, "Mr. President, 
you never mind ; you can't fool all de peoples all de time." 
And Mr. President he say, "I no want to fool all de peoples 
all de time. Four years is-a much a plenty enough for me." 

What-a you know about dat, eh? 



8 



A SUNNY SON OF ITALY. 



Den Mr. Congress he much-a smart guy. He say we 
must have much-a plenty more ships. We no got ships 
enough. What-a we want-a more ships for because? We 
got ships enough. You and me are never allowed to ride 
in them, are we? No. Den ain't we got ships enough? 

I ride on street cars. Dat's de best I get. 

Dis-a morning I was-a riding on a car wid much-a plenty 
enough more peoples in it. I hang-a to a strap and close 
near me was some young lady girls. One of dem say: ''I 
wash-a my hair las-a night and I can't do a thing with it 
this morning." 

Just-a then de car he gave a quick jump and I step-a on 
one of de young lady girl's feet. She scowled like-a dis. 
I say: "Excuse-a me, but I wash-a my feet las-a night and 
dis morning I can't do a thing with 'em." 

What-a you know about dat, eh? 

CURTAIN. 



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DENISON'S ACTING PLAYS. 

Price 15 Cents Each, Postpaid, Unless Different Price is Given. 



FARCES AND SKETCHES. 

M. F. 

Assessor, sketch, 10 min 3 2 

April Pools, 30 min 3 

Bad Job, 30 min ,.... 3 2 

Eardell vs. Pickwick, 25 mm... 6 2 

Beautiful Forever, 30 min 2 2 

Betsy Baker, 45 min 2 2 

Blind Margaret, musical, 30 m. 3 3 

Borrowed Luncheon, 20 min... 5 

Borrowing Trouble, 25 min 3 5 

Box and Cox, 35 min 2 1 

Breezy Call, 25 min 2 1 

B'^mble's Courtship, 18 min... 1 1 

Cabman No. 93, 40 min 2 2 

Christmas Ship, musical, 20 m. 4 3 

Cobbler, 10 min 1 

Convention of Papas, 25 min. . . 7 

Country Justice, 15 min 8 

Cow That Kicked Chicago, 20 

min 3 2 

Cutoff with a Shilling, 25 min. 2 1 

Deception, 30 min 3 2 

Desperate Situation, 25 min — 2 3 

Documentary Evidence, 25 min. 1 1 

Dude in a Cyclone, 20 min 5 3 

FairEncounter, sketch, 20 min. 2 

Family Strike, 20 min 3 3 

First-Class Hotel, 20 min 4 

Freezing a Mother-in-Law, 45 

min 3 2 

Great Medical Dispensary, 30 

min 6 

Hans Von Smash, 30 min 4 3 

Hard Cider, temperance, 15 m.. 4 2 

Happy Pair, 25 min 1 1 

Homoeopathv, Irish, 30 min.... 5 3 

I'llStay Awhile, 20 min 4 

I'm Not Mesilf at All, 25mln.. 3 2 

Initiating a Granger, 25 min... 8 

Jn the Wrong House, 20 min. . . 4 2 

Irish Linen Peddler, 40 min. . 3 3 

Is the Editor in? 20 min 4 2 

John Smith, 30 min 5 3 

Just My Luck, 20 min 4 3 

Kansas Immigrants, 20 min 5 1 

Kiss in the Dark, 30 min 2 3 

Larkin's Love Letters, 50 min.. 3 2 

Lend MeFiveShillings,40min. 5 2 

Limerick Boy, 30 min 5 2 

Little Black Devil, 10 min 2 1 

Love and Rain, sketch, 20 min. 1 1 

Luoky Sixpence, 30 min 4 2 

Lucy's Old Man, sketch, 15 m. 2 3 
Madame Princeton's Temple of 

Beauty, 20min 6 

Mike Donovan, 15 min 1 3 

Misses Beers, 25 min 3 3 

Mistake in Identity, 15 min... O 2 

Model of a Wife, 25 min 3 2 

Mrs. Gamp's Tea, sketch, 15 m. 2 

My Jeremiah, 20 min 3 2 

My Lord in Livery, 45 mia . 4 3 

ily Neighbor's Wife, 45 min. ... 33 



M. p. 

My Turn Next, 50 min 4 3 

Narrow Escape, sketch, 15 m... 2 

Not at Home, 15 min 2 

Obstinate P'amily, 40 min 3 3 

On Guard, 25 min 4 2 

Only Cold Tea, 20 min 3 3 

Outwitting the Colonel, 25 m.. 3 2 

Patsy O' Wang, 3.T min 4 3 

Pat the Apotliecary, 35 min 6 2 

Persecuted Dutchman, 35 min. 6 3 

Petsof Society, 30 min 7 

Played and Lost, sketch, 15 m. 3 2 

PuU-Back, 20mln 6 

Quiet Family, 45 min 4 4 

Realmof Time, musical, 30 min. 8 15 

Regular Fix, 50 min 6 4 

Rejected, 40 min 5 3 

Rough Diamond, 40 min 4 3 

Row in Kitchen and Politician's 

Breakfast, 2 monologues... 1 1 

Silent Woman, 25 min 2 1 

Slasher and Crasher, 1 hr. 15 m. 5 2 

Taming a Tiger, 20 min 3 

That Rascal Pat, 35 min 3 2 

To Oblige Benson, 45 min 3 2 

Too Much for One Head, 25 m. . 2 4 
Too Much of a Good Thing, 50 

min 3 6 

Treasure from Egypt, 45 min.. 4 1 

Trick Dollar, 30 min 4 3 

Turn Him Out, 60 min 3 3 

Twenty Minutes Under Um- 
brella, sketch, 20 min 1 1 

Two Honnycastles, 45 min 3 3 

Two Ga> Deceivers, 25 min 3 

Two Gents in a Fix, 20 min .... 20 

Two Ghosts in While, 25 min.. 8 

Two of a Kind, 40 min 2 8 

Two Puddlfoots. 40 min 3 3 

Uncle Dick's Mistake, 20 min.. 3 2 

Very Pleasant Evening, 30 min 3 

Wanted: a Correspondent, 1 hr. 4 4 

Wanted; a Hero, 20 min 1 1 

Which Will He Marry? 30 rain. 2 8 

White Caps (The),miisical, 30m. 8 

Who is Who, 40 min 3 2 

WhoTold the Lie? 30min 5 3 

Wide Enough for Two, 50 min. 5 2 

Woman Hater (The), 30 min... 2 1 

Wonderful Letter, 25 min 4 1 

Wooing Under Difficulties, 35 

min 4 3 

Yankee Peddler, 1 hr 7 3 



The publisher believes that he can 
say truthfully that Denison's list of 
plays is on the whole the best se- 
lected and most successful in the 
market. Netc Pi^pg will be added 
from time to time;". 



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